Sacred Heart Church (Staten Island)

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Sacred Heart Church
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Sacred Heart Church (Staten Island)
Location981 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, New York
Country United States
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website sacredheartsi.org
History
Status Parish church
FoundedJuly 1875 (parish)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1900
Administration
Parish Sacred Heart
Archdiocese New York
Clergy
Pastor(s) Reverend Eric Rapaglia
Laity
Director of music Thomas Czarneki

The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic parish church under the authority of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in Staten Island, New York City. The parish was established in 1875. [1] After much financial difficulty, the church building was gradually renovated and extended to cater to the growing congregation and finished in 1900. The affiliated parish elementary school [2] and the Schoenstatt "Shrine of Light" are located across Castleton Avenue. [3]

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References

  1. Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women. . (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), p.397.
  2. Sacred Heart School
  3. "Shrines in the USA". schoenstattla.com.

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